Basic — most of nights in tents or rooms with shared WC, some nights in comfortable rooms.

Standard — most of nights in comfortable rooms, some nights in tents or rooms with shared WC.

Upgraded — all nights in comfortable rooms.

Comfort

Minimum age of the participant of this trip

8 Days

January - February

Highlights

Magic landscape, frosty frozen and aurora borealis

Traveling at the temperature below -55 ° C

Visit of Oymyakon village - the coldest village in the world, known as pole of cold

Trip through the permafrost regions

Meeting with the indigenous people of Russia

Tour Overview

Would you
like to feel the real cold – total, wide-reaching and full-scale? Then this
tour is for you! This time BaikalNature propose to you to visit Oymyakon
village – the pole of Cold. In this region there are the lowest temperatures near
the earth surface all over the world. The average monthly temperatures of the
January are -50°C, during the coldest
winters they reach - 67°C. The lowest registered temperature was – 71,2°C. And
it’s not the Arctic and people live there all the year round.

After the two-days way by the Kolyma
road, we will find ourselves in the middle of the winter wonderland, where the
pure and severe beauty of the nature is side by side the kindliness and
hospitality of the local people.

We will know about the history
of the region and the peculiarities of the Yakut nature that are understandable
only for those who arrive to see them personally.

This tour is held in a format of expedition. Description of the
itinerary presents only a common plan of the expedition. In case of any force
majeure (such as bad weather conditions or any other unexpected and
unpredictable events), the organizers reserve the right to make changes to the
program.

Tour programme

Day 1

Arrival to Yakutsk

Yakutsk

Day 2

Khandyga and road of bones

Yakutsk — Khandyga

Day 3

Road to the Pole of Cold

Khandyga — Tomtor

Day 4

Oymyakon - Pole of Cold

Tomtor

Day 5

Culture and ethnography of Yakutia

Tomtor

Day 6

Return to Khandyga

Tomtor — Khandyga

Day 7

Aquaintance with Yakutsk

Khandyga — Yakustk

Day 8

End of the programme

Yakutsk

11:00

Arrival to the airport of the Yakutsk city

Transfer to the chosen and booked hotel. Check-in. Rest.

13:00

Lunch — Not included

16:00

Meeting with your guide in the hotel

This first meeting will allow us to get to know with each other and to discuss the tour details.

19:00

Dinner — Not included

Overnight in the hotel — Not included

Photo of the day

Route

Yakutsk

09:00

Breakfast in the hotel

*Normally, when you book a room in the hotel, the breakfast cost is included but the conditions can be varied.

10:00

Departure to the Khandyga village

Khandyga village earlier used to be one of the forced-labor camps known as Gulag. It was founded in 1939 as a base for construction of the road from Aldan river towards Oymyakon.

14:00

Lunch in the cafe en route — Not included

15:00

Continuation of the road

Arrival to the village in the evening. Accommodation in the homestay. Rest.

19:00

Homemade dinner

Overnight in the homestay

Photo of the day

Route

Yakutsk — Khandyga

Accommodation

Accommodation in the homestay Khandyga

Bed in the homestay

Note

8 h4x4 (419km)

4 h (211km)

09:00

Departure to the Tomtor village

Tomtor village is one of the contenders for the title of "Pole of Cold". Its main competitor is Oymyakon. Moreover, since 2001 the village of Tomtor traditionally gathers hundreds of people to a festival known as "Pole of Cold". The festival brings together all the Santas from the major league - from Santa Claus from Lapland to the main Russian Father Frost from Veliky Ustyug. Chyskhaan - a severe Yakut "Keeper of the cold," is present by default: it is his "home", a cave in the mountain Ebe-Khaya that is considered sacred for the local people. The village has a commemorative monument dedicated to the victims of Stalin’s repressions. It is called “The Memory Bell”.

14:00

Lunch in the café en route — Not included

15:00

Continuation of the road

19:00

Arrival to Tomtor

After the long road, we have a possibility to have a rest in the homestay of a very kindly resident.

20:00

Homemade dinner

Overnight in the homestay

Photo of the day

Route

Khandyga — Tomtor

Accommodation

Accommodation in the homestay in Tomtor

Bed in the twin room

Note

10 h4x4 (472km)

5 h (200km)

08:00

Breakfast at the homestay

09:00

Departure to Oymyakon

Oymyakon is a true Pole of Cold. Here you will receive a certificate for visiting the coldest permanently inhabited settlement in the world.

13:00

Lunch at a roadside café

16:00

Return to Tomtor

19:00

Dinner at the guest house

Overnight in the homestay

Photo of the day

Route

Tomtor

Accommodation

Accommodation in the homestay in Tomtor

Bed in the twin room

Note

cultural exploration (40km)

1 h4x4 (40km)

09:00

Breakfast

10:00

Excursion to the Ice Residence of Chyskhaan

It is a residence of Chyskhaan - the Yakut Santa and the cold guardian. The residencer is situated not far from the Tomtor village, in the cave Ebe-Khaya. It's a bif passage in the permafrost with an ice gallery, throne-room and depository of the cold symbol.

13:00

Lunch

15:00

Excursion to the museum of the natural history

The exposition is devoted to the nature and history of the Tomtor village, to the everyday life of the Yakut peoples and to the Gulag period.

16:00

Excursion to the GULAG Museum — Not included

19:00

Dinner

Overnight in the homestay

Photo of the day

Route

Tomtor

Accommodation

Accommodation in the homestay in Tomtor

Bed in the twin room

09:00

Breakfast

10:00

Departure to Khandyga

13:00

Lunch in the cafe — Not included

14:00

Continuation fo the road

19:00

Dinner — Not included

19:00

Arrival to Khandyga

Accommodation in the homestay, rest.

Overnight in the homestay

Photo of the day

Route

Tomtor — Khandyga

Accommodation

Accommodation in the homestay Khandyga

Bed in the homestay

Note

10 h4x4 (472km)

5 h (200km)

11:00

Return to Yakutsk

13:00

Lunch — Not included

14:00

Continuation of the road

Arrival to Yakutsk. Accommodation in the hotel.

19:00

Festive dinner

Overnight in the hotel — Not included

Photo of the day

Route

Khandyga — Yakustk

Note

9 h4x4 (419km)

4 h (209km)

09:00

Breakfast in the hotel

11:00

Check-out from the hotel and transfer to the airport

Possible extensions: visit of the Mammoth museum and the museum of the Kingdom of the Permafrost (not included).
End of the programme.

The price given is for a group of 6 people.
If there are less than 6 persons, the price of the tour will be recalculated.
Accommodation in Yakutsk is not included. Optionally, the accommodation in the hotels: "Polar star", "Sonata" or "Sterh".
Take attention that in Yakutia the temperatures can be really low. Please, follow our check-list before the departure.
Meals included: breakfasts for the following days: 4-6; lunches for the days: 4-5, dinners for the days 3-5, 7.
All the other meals will be negotiated with the group members once on spot (additional charge).
The itinerary of the tour can be changed according to the road or weather conditions as well as unforeseen events.

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